Switzerland has accepted North Korea’s Ambassadorial appointment to the country, despite his apparent expulsion from Zimbabwe in 1992 due to his involvement in illegal ivory smuggling, the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) confirmed to NK News on Friday.

North Korean state media reported that Han Tae Song been appointed as DPRK ambassador to Switzerland on Friday, following a decree of the Presidium of the Supreme People’s Assembly (SPA).

Han had served as a Second Secretary in the North Korean embassy in Zimbabwe between 1989 and 1992 and, according to Yonhap News Agency, was expelled for his involvement in an